(2nd UPDATE) President Rodrigo Duterte is unfazed by the move of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to launch a preliminary examination into crimes allegedly committed under his administration’s war on drugs.
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(UPDATED) President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday ordered the cancellation of a $233-million chopper deal with Canada after several Canadian politicians questioned why Ottawa allowed the purchase despite reported human rights violations in the country under the tough-talking Filipino leader.
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(2nd UPDATE) President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday lamented the death of a Filipino woman in Kuwait, saying he is ready to take “drastic steps” to prevent further loss of lives among overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Gulf state and other Arab nations.
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MANILA- A lawmaker has suggested that President Rodrigo Duterte form an independent commission to investigate the controversial Dengvaxia vaccine which has caused a nationwide health scare.
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House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Friday defended President Rodrigo Duterte's admission of being a dictator and alleged that the chief executive's critics are the ones who are really acting as despots.
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President Rodrigo Duterte is not at all affected by the move of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to launch a preliminary examination into crimes allegedly committed under the administration’s war on drugs, his chief legal adviser said Friday.
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President Rodrigo Duterte did not order the Public Attorney's Office to share with the Department of Health its findings on the deaths of children administered with Dengvaxia, PAO Chief Persida Acosta said Friday.
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Lawyer Jude Sabio, one of the complainants who filed a communication with the International Criminal Court regarding the government's war against drugs, welcomed the opening of a "preliminary examination" by the ICC into alleged crimes against humanity.
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MANILA - The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday said it is seeking the Philippine government's full cooperation in its preliminary examination into crimes allegedly committed under the Duterte administration's "war on drugs" campaign.
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MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte is seeking more time to issue an executive order (EO) on contractualization, Malacañang said Thursday, after the chief executive met with labor groups calling for an end to the practice called “endo.”
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President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered a halt on the entry and creation of new casinos to prevent an oversupply in one of Asia's fastest-growing gambling markets, the country's gaming regulator said on Thursday.
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The International Criminal Court has informed the government that it will start its “preliminary examination” into the communication filed by a Filipino lawyer against President Rodrigo Duterte and senior officials accusing them of crimes against humanity in connection to the administration’s war on drugs, Malacañang said Thursday.
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